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Home » Cuba Spanish Slang Expressions » Page 3

no les de mente

don’t think about it

no lo salva ni un médico chino

nothing can save him, literally “not even a Chinese doctor can save him”

no tener madre

something good

niño que no llora, no mama

you need to speak up if you want to be heard

no disparar un chícharo

to not do anything

no estar en nada

to mind your own business, to be a nice person

meter una turca

to lie

meterse en la cajita de Dulce Guayaba

to die

michi- michi

really bad quality

más quieto que estate quieto

extremely quiet

más rollo que película

something that doesn’t live up to what was expected

mata de coco

a woman’s boobs

me la comí

an expression of excitement, either for good or bad

meter tremenda muela

to oversell or speak too much about a topic, to convince someone of your opinion

machacar las teclas

to play the piano badly

mal rayo te parta

damn

mala hoja

a man with a short penis, literally a “bad blade”

mañana te mando los aguacates

expression used when someone really won’t follow through with what was promised, similar to “don’t hold your breath”

jugar a los bomberos

to take a bath

la antena

the television signal from the US, which is received illegally

la hora del cañonazo

0.875

la hora en que mataron a Lola

0.625

los fósforos

expression of surprise over something bad that happened or is about to happen

irse en pira

to leave a place

hacer la cruz con esta venta

to make enough money for the day

hacer talco

to destroy someone or something

hacerse el guillao

to play dumb

ir a hacer el de la vista gorda

to ignore what’s happening

irse a la americana

to go Dutch, to pay 50-50

guardar el carro

to die

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